French: enseignerEnglish translation: teach 
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Tech/Engineering - Patents / patent for a stent | | French term or phrase: enseigner | "L'homme du métier aurait immédiatement reconnu que le document D1 enseigne deux types de piliers longitudinaux [etc.]"
It appears that this is a standard verb for patents, and I see what is meant - indicates, instructs, stipulates - so, how is 'enseigner' rendered, in patents, without an indirect object?
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| | Clarification request(s) and responseDrmanu49: 7:59pm Apr 27, 2007: Are you sure it is not a typo for renseigner (to document)?
Drmanu49: 8:35pm Apr 27, 2007: It could if the document was scanned and OCR was used.
Do you have other sentences?
Otherwise it may be the archaic form meaning to inform or to teach how to use or to put to practice.
Stephanie Mitchel: 8:47pm Apr 27, 2007: It's a PDF - so this is the original version.
Here's another sentence: La demande internationale WO 96/03092 enseigne également la caractéristique selon laquelle les moyens de flexion positionnés dans le pilier longitudinal se trouvent entre les sommets de rangées adjacentes de pièces entrecroisées [etc]."
Dr Sue Levy: 8:50pm Apr 27, 2007: Stephanie, it might be better to ask these questions under "patents". The language is very special - nothing medical about it. Medical translators with no experience of patents will not be able to help you. I've been to Patent Land...
Dr Sue Levy: 8:50pm Apr 27, 2007: had a quick look around and got out even faster ;-)
Dr Sue Levy: 8:55pm Apr 27, 2007: Look here http://www.european-patent-office.org/epo/pubs/oj98/10_98/10... English source with French and German translation - enseigne in French is teaches/discloses...
Drmanu49: 9:04pm Apr 27, 2007: Sue is right concerning Patents but here is a list of synonyms.
apprendre, éclairer, éduquer, expliquer, faire, former, inculquer, informer, initier, instruire, montrer, professer.
Bruce Popp: 12:17pm Apr 28, 2007: The patent must refer to other patents (or documents) in the prior art. Are any of these written in Englsih (not translated)? It is important to consult these, because they are a valuble source of speicifc vocabulary and patentese.
Stephanie Mitchel: 6:40pm Apr 28, 2007: Yes Bruce - and thanks for the tip. I'm finding everything I need in one of the documents referred to in the patent.
Drmanu49: 9:33pm Apr 28, 2007: It seems teach was my alternative answer?
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| | teach | Explanation:
je ne crois pas à la faute de frappe
le demandeur doit décrire en détail toutes les particularités de l’invention et la façon dont elle fonctionne, et il doit expliquer comment fabriquer et utiliser l’invention
En effet, si la description enseigne le plus
souvent comment identifier ces produits,
notamment par la méthode de screening qui
peut également faire l’objet d’une autre
revendication du même brevet
If the description often teaches how to
identify theses products, notably by the
screening method which itself can be
protected by another claim of the same
patent
(http://www.veron.com/files/publications/Reach_through_claims...)
plus loin
oui:
Although a preferred embodiment of the invention has been teached in the previous detailed description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it should be understood that the invention is not limited to the described embodiments,
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5967309.html
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Note added at 49 minutes (2007-04-27 20:46:45 GMT)
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"be teached"
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Note added at 1 heure (2007-04-27 21:32:43 GMT)
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si "ce document enseigne un poteau" n'est pas une erreur
"teached" peut aussi faire du jargon technique
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Note added at 2 heures (2007-04-27 22:05:02 GMT)
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à propos d'erreur ....
"enseigne" est la traduction maladroite de "teach"
What matters is what the document taught the person skilled in the art, not
what the author of the document could or could not do, or even what the author of the
document intended.
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/patent/p-decisionmaking/p-challenge/p-...
Automatic extraction of ontologies from teaching document metadata ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
teaching environment should define document metadata. specifying the concepts which each document teaches,. requires, and uses. 1. Introduction ...
ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/8445/26602/01186343.pdf |
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danièle davout
Centr. African Republic
| Note from asker to answererthanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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| typo for renseigner, to document otherwise to teach/instruct
Explanation:
But I would opt for the typo.
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Note added at 1 heure (2007-04-27 21:03:17 GMT)
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Synonymes apprendre, éclairer, éduquer, expliquer, faire, former, inculquer, informer, initier, instruire, montrer, professer.
| Drmanu49
France
Native speaker of:  English, French
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| Notes to answerer
Asker: It can't be a typo, as it appears at least 30 times.
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48 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 |
| teach
Explanation:
je ne crois pas à la faute de frappe
le demandeur doit décrire en détail toutes les particularités de l’invention et la façon dont elle fonctionne, et il doit expliquer comment fabriquer et utiliser l’invention
En effet, si la description enseigne le plus
souvent comment identifier ces produits,
notamment par la méthode de screening qui
peut également faire l’objet d’une autre
revendication du même brevet
If the description often teaches how to
identify theses products, notably by the
screening method which itself can be
protected by another claim of the same
patent
(http://www.veron.com/files/publications/Reach_through_claims...)
plus loin
oui:
Although a preferred embodiment of the invention has been teached in the previous detailed description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it should be understood that the invention is not limited to the described embodiments,
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5967309.html
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Note added at 49 minutes (2007-04-27 20:46:45 GMT)
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"be teached"
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Note added at 1 heure (2007-04-27 21:32:43 GMT)
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si "ce document enseigne un poteau" n'est pas une erreur
"teached" peut aussi faire du jargon technique
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Note added at 2 heures (2007-04-27 22:05:02 GMT)
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à propos d'erreur ....
"enseigne" est la traduction maladroite de "teach"
What matters is what the document taught the person skilled in the art, not
what the author of the document could or could not do, or even what the author of the
document intended.
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/patent/p-decisionmaking/p-challenge/p-...
Automatic extraction of ontologies from teaching document metadata ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
teaching environment should define document metadata. specifying the concepts which each document teaches,. requires, and uses. 1. Introduction ...
ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/8445/26602/01186343.pdf
| danièle davout
Centr. African Republic
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4
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| Note from asker to answerer | Notes to answerer
Asker: It appears the writer of at least the second reference you supply is not a native English speaker - "taught" is the past tense of "teach."
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